Shiftable attachment for shirt collar tabs



Feb. 9, 1954 F. R. GARRIDO SHIFTABLE ATTACHMENT FOR SHIRT COLLAR TABS Filed Feb. 12, 195].

IN VEN TIOR. Ema/246 flame/"0 Gav/w Patented Feb. 9, 1954 SHIFTABLE'ATTACHMENT EOR SHIRT COLLAR TABS Fernando; Romero Garrido, Guatemala Qity; Guatemala.

Application February 12, 1951, Serial'No; 210,465?

(CL. k132i)? 2 Claims. 1

This: invention. relates to. wearing apparel and has to do more particularly, with shirts, the primary objectbeing to provide a releasable holddowrr device for the-tabs of the collar-ofthe shirt, so formed as to permit: freedom. of movement of the: tabs with respect to the shirt when the latter'is worn.

It is the most important object; of the present invention to; provide a shirt collar tab hold-down device taking the form of a fastening element provided with a pair of releasable. sections, one off the sections. being secured to the shirt either rigidly or releasably, and the other section having connection with a small plate. that is: shift:- ably secured to; the tab of the collar so that the tab. can move freely with respect to the shirt as the wearer moves his head, neck, shoulders, and otherwisechanges positions.

An important. object of the present invention is the. provision of a hold-down means as above setforth, wherein theshifable plateis secured to the tabof the collar'by means of an elongated strip secured to. the-tab and presenting a cavity within. which the plate is free to reciprocate.

A further object of this. invention is the provision; of hold-down means. that includes a shift able plate upon which is. mounted one of theparts of'a fastening element; the plate. being triangular-shaped and th cavity: within which the same is disposed being complementally formed so as, to limit the extent of movement of the plate in one direction with respect to the tab.

Other objects include details. of construction, all of which will be made. clear as the following specification progresses, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of a shiftable attachment for shirt collar tabs, made pursuant tojmy presentinvention.

2 isan elevational view of that portion of the device afilxed to the collar tab.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, cross-sectional view taken online III-III of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged, detailed, cross-sectional view taken on lineIV-I-V of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, detailed, cross-sectional view taken on line V--V of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 5 illustrating a slight modification of the present invention.

Various attempts have previously been made to provide a satisfactory means to hold the tab of a shirt collar in a desired position and particularly against curling upwardly away from the shirt front. For the most part, such devices have 2*. all been unsatisfactory for several reasons: include mg bulkiness; unattractivenessand more impos taut; the disadvantage resulting from the: con finementthat is presented when the table held against movement. relative to the shirt. In other words, in the provision of' a rigid interconnection, movement: of: the body of the wearer is impeded with resultant discomfortbecause; as: the collar moves, the shirt must likewise movetherewith.

As: will hereinafter app ar, the device or the present-invention eliminate all oi these difilcuhties: and is: additionally inexpensive and easily applied or formed for mounting on the shirt col l'ar tab.- at. the time of manufacture thereof;

A conventional shirtv is illustrated in Fig; at the drawing and broadly designated by the. mi moral t0; Shirt NJ: obviously includes a tront panel t2 and-'a collar l tthat terminates: in a pair of tabs l6: normally designed to overlie the front panel I 2 of the shirt ID.

Whiletabs It vary in particular configuration and shape in differing typesofshirt collars, for the most part thesame are at leastsubstanti'ally triangularshaped as illustrated andinclude a. pair'ofedges t8 and 26 thatconvergeintoa point orcorner 22.

The hold-down device of the present inven-t tion. is designed to be mounted inpart on the lowermost-face of" the tab 1-6, or between; the tab and the shirt front It, and on the latten A, suitable fastening devi'ce is needed to carry outthe objects: of the invention and in this respect,- there has; been chosen for illustration, a conven tional snapfastener that includes a section 24 and; a section 26: secured to shirt front I 2 and. to av small triangulanshaped' plate 28 respectively. lit le or course, understood that a holddown, dc, viceorthis kind isprovi-dedi foleach tab it 're-i selectively and accordingly; only one is illustrated:

and need Ice-described The-- fasteningelement 24-25 includes: a small spherical pin 30- on thesection 26 that is received? by an opening 32 in the section- 24 and the in-- terconnection is by trictional grip through the inherent resiliency of the material from which section 24 is formed.

The flat, triangular-shaped plate 28 rests directly against the lowermost face of the tab l6 for reciprocable movement toward and away from the tip or corner 22 through the medium of an elongated strip 34 that traverses the tab I6 and is secured directly thereto in spaced-relationship to the corner 22. The strip 34 may be made of any suitable material such as fabric and is secured to the tab I6 by lines of stitching 36 forming a part of the collar 14. There is thus presented a cavity 38 between the strip 34 and the lowermost proximal face of the tab 16 for slidably receiving the triangular-shaped plate 28 in its reciprocable movement toward and away from the tip 22.

It is noted that the lines of stitching 36 also converge as the tip 22 is approached, and accordingly, the plate 28 is provided with opposed angularly displaced edges 40 complemental with the relative angularity between the lines of stitching 36.

It is clear therefore, that the extent of movement of the plate 28 toward the tip 22 is defined by the lines of stitching 36. Since the section 26 of the fastening element extends laterally from the plate 28 in a direction away from th tab it and because of the disposition of the fastening section 26 between the strip 34 and the tip 22, the extent of movement of the plate 28 away from the tip 22, is determined by the fastening element 26 striking the strip 34. The fastening element 26 however, does not prevent removal of the plate 28 and the element 26 thereon entirely from the tab l6 since the width of the cavity 38 may be increased when such removal is desired because of the flexibility of the materia1 from which collar l 4 is made and from which the strip 34 is produced.

Figure 3 of the drawing, illustrates the way in which the fastening element 26 is rigidly secured to the plate 28 at one corner thereof and Figure 5 illustrates in one embodiment of the present invention, the way in which the fastening element section 24 may be releasably secured to the shirt front l2. To this end, section 24 is provided with an externally threaded pin 42 that passes through a hole pierced in the shirt front l2 and receives a flat nut 44 on the innermost face of the shirt front (2.

It is clear that fastening elements other than that specifically chosen for illustration herein, and indicated by the numerals 24 and 26, may be provided within the principles of the present invention, and further, that means other than threaded pin 42 and nut 44, may be used to releasably secure one part of the fastening element to the shirt front l2. In any event, by virtue of such releasability, not only of the element 24 from the shirt front 12, but because of the fact that plate 28 and its element 26 may be easily removed from the tab IS, the shirt is quickly and easily placed in condition for laundering, starching and ironing. Accordingly, when the holddown device is made as depicted in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive of the drawing, a single set may serve any number of shirts and be used with the shirt that is being worn by the user while other shirts likewise equipped with strips 34, are being laundered. In the event however, that itis believed unnecessary to facilitate finishing the shirt by removal of the element 24, the same may be formed as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawing and designated by the numeral 50.

As is well known, element 50 corresponding with the fastening section 24, may be purchased upon the open market and is adapted for clamping in place on shirt front 52, either manually or with ease and speed by use of machines manufactured for such purpose.

It is seen from the foregoing that when the hold-down device is placed in use and as the wearer of the shirt Ill moves his body in such manner as to likewise cause movement of the collar I4, the tabs I6 are free to yield to such movement irrespective of the fact that the same are secured to the shirt front l2. Such movement is provided for through the sliding or reciprocable movement of the plate 28 toward and away from the tip 22 relative to the tab I6.

Various other modifications may be provided for within the broad concepts of this invention and manifestly, those that come within the scope of the appended claims, are contemplated hereby.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In a shirt having a collar provided with a substantially triangular-shaped flap having a pair of edges converging into a free corner normally overlying the shirt front, a hold-down device for said fiap comprising a strap between the shirt and the flap and secured to the latter between said edges; a flap-stiffening plate disposed between the flap and said strap for sliding movement on the flap and the strap toward and away from said corner; and a fastener interconnecting the plate and the shirt, said fastener having releasably joined parts.

2. In a shirt having a collar provided with a substantially triangular-shaped flap having a pair of edges converging into a free corner normally overlying the shirt front, a hold-down device for said flap comprising a strap between the shirt and the fiap and secured to the latter between said edges; a plate shiftably disposed between the fiap and said strap for movement toward and away from said corner; and a. fastener having interconnected parts on the plate and on the shirt respectively, said plate having a pair of edges converging as said corner is approached, said strap having a pair of lines of securement to the flap, said lines converging as the corner is approached whereby to limit thev extent of movement of the plate toward the corner.

FERNANDO ROMERO GARRIDO.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 962,665 Quigley June 28, 1910 1,606,920 Bornstein Nov. 16, 1920 1,751,655 Oppermann Mar. 25, 1930 2,110,580 Seacord Mar. 3, 1933 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 843,721 France Apr. 3, 1939 394,559 Great Britain June 29, 1933 

